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Manuscripts, Theses
British amateur journalism collection
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Physical
- Summary
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Active amateur journalist from the age of 11, honorary life membership in the British Amateur Press Association (BAPA), active as both a journalist and printer.
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Details
- Creator
- assembled by Ralph Arthur Laurance Breed of Greenwich, London
- Format
- Manuscripts, Theses
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Physical Details
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- approximately 8500 items
- OCLC
- ocm31704627
- Finding Aids
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- Inventory available in library : folder level control
- Section 1, officials pubs., notices, and circulars of BAPA -sect. 2, BAPA monthly bundles of amateur printing including some American and Australian - sects. 3-4 parallel sects. 1-2 for the International Small Printers Association, later the British Printing Society. Breed joined the society in 1962 - sect. 5, printing catalogues, typography, prospectuses, etc. - sect. 6-7, manuscripts and letters among amateur journalists - sect. 8, miscellaneous - sect. 9, additional material to the other categories
Subjects
- Breed, Ralph Arthur Laurance, 1896-1983.
- British Amateur Press Association.
- British Printing Society.
- International Small Printers' Association.
- Libraries -- Special collections -- Amateur journalism.
- Amateur journalism -- Great Britain.
- Amateur journalism -- United States.
- Amateur journalism -- Australia.
- Amateur journalism -- New Zealand.